Another option for quickly changing the interior of a room is to install sliding partitions. They help to divide large rooms into zones without installing capital partitions, the placement of which requires permission for redevelopment. By the way, you also do not have the right to do the opposite - to replace a brick or block partition with a sliding one - without the appropriate permission, since such work entails making changes to the technical passport of the premises. And it doesn’t matter whether you do it yourself or hire professionals.
Kinds
Book mechanism
There are only three options for sliding partitions:
- non-threshold - partitions move along a special upper suspension and do not touch the floor below and do not have a lower guide fixed there;
- rail - this is an analogue of wardrobe doors, that is, the guide rail is also attached to the floor;
- folding - partitions fold into an “accordion” of a certain width, rather than being pushed to the side.
Stylish, high quality, fast
The key to good work is qualified employees and a good technological base. We can proudly say that we employ professional craftsmen with extensive experience. And our equipment allows them to produce unique partitions for apartments, country houses and hotels.
We delimit the space:
- Competently.
- Qualitatively.
- On time.
We work with wood, metal, glass and carry out work of any complexity. For us there are no concepts of small order and large work. The company's craftsmen approach work of any scale with full responsibility. We will make a massive partition that will allow you to separate the living room from the kitchen, with a total area of 40 square meters. We will help you choose the right solution for delimiting a small room of 15 square meters.
The Revecon company can provide ready-made options that are ideal for your interior, or will carry out an individual order according to your sketch. All you need to do is voice your desire, and we will find ways to make your dream come true. After all, we have all the capabilities for this, excellent craftsmen, high-quality materials and modern equipment.
Preparatory work
Rail and rollers for sliding mechanism
First of all, you need to correctly measure the opening in which you are going to install the sliding partition. Please note that the sliding canvases will have to be “hidden” to the side, in the “pockets” completely, otherwise they will interfere with the passage.
Be sure to make a drawing of your future partition and calculate the width of the canvases.
Note!
When closed, the partition panels must cover the opening by at least 10 centimeters on each side, otherwise there will be large gaps around them.
Make sure that the base to which you are going to attach the sliding partition is made of durable materials (block, brick). Alternatively, it can be attached using a metal beam directly to the ceiling, later hiding the beam in the suspended ceiling structure.
Consider what material you will make the partition panels from: they should be strong, beautiful, durable and light enough that you can move them to the side with one hand.
Design of a small studio apartment of 18 sq. m.
Take a close look at these images:
Can you believe that this apartment is only 18 square meters? Same thing. How did designers achieve the effect of spaciousness in a seemingly cramped room?
Let's figure it out.
Light
In this case, the design of a rectangular small apartment seems very harmonious due to the abundant daylight. However, if your small size is in the shadow side, this does not mean that such an effect cannot be achieved artificially. How exactly? Let's find out further.
Color palette
The walls are made in an immaculate snow-white tone. This color literally absorbs the light and makes the apartment visually more spacious. Plus, light monochromatic walls remove the emphasis from the corners, and this is very appropriate here.
Contrasts
The furniture, unlike the walls, is made in dark chocolate shades. The use of contrast will brighten up any cramped room. Try it too.
Straight lines
A perfectionist's paradise, there's no other way to put it. No clutter, small details or chaos! Clear geometric lines and sharp corners visually transform a mini-apartment into a very cozy home.
Glossy surfaces
Pay attention to the ceiling. No pretentious stucco molding and bulky chandeliers
Only a suspended glossy ceiling with laconic “eye” light bulbs. That's the whole secret of endlessly high ceilings.
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Sliding mechanism
To make sliding partitions with your own hands, you need to go to the nearest hardware store that specializes in selling components for sliding wardrobes. Buy it there:
- guides for door panels;
- mechanisms for them (along with rollers).
Note!
Rollers can be either rubber or metal. The former, when the blades move along the guides, create less noise, but will also last you less than metal ones.
Mechanisms for sliding partitions can be:
- built-in - you will have to “hide” them in the partition fabric, making special grooves for them;
- hinged - they will be visible both when the partition is closed and when the opening is open, but they are easier to install.
View and order
For our new clients and regular customers, we provide photographs of the work done. On our website you can familiarize yourself with all types of interior partitions that we produce. You will see with your own eyes what difficult work we did, what filigree work we did to achieve a perfect result. Video files will help you look at finished projects from all sides and see how carefully we work. Analyze everything you see and leave a request, and we will create for you a work of art that will serve as a space delimiter. Contact us and we will do everything to make your interior sparkle with new colors.
How to care for interior partitions
Any piece of furniture needs care. With regard to partitions, we can say the following: they need to be kept clean. At the same time, caring for them is simple and no different from the usual care of doors and furniture. Removing dust, removing dirt and washing glass inserts - this is the entire list of procedures necessary to keep interior partitions clean.
Partition fabrics
Carved wooden partition
The panels of sliding partitions themselves can be created from almost any sheet material. Everything is limited only by your finances, skills and imagination.
If the partition has a small width, then you can make it from MDF, chipboard or OSB. It is desirable that these materials have a laminated surface, but you can simply cover them with wallpaper, self-adhesive film or even fabric. Canvases made from laminate or MDF (or PVC) panels look no less original.
A lighter version of the canvas for a sliding partition is usually installed for openings more than 2 meters wide. In this case, first a frame with “windows” is assembled from wooden slats. Then the windows are closed with some thin material - plastic, fiberboard, etc. - which is secured with glazing beads (as in a regular wooden window).
Note!
If your partition performs a purely symbolic function, conditionally dividing the room into zones, then you can make it by stretching thick or transparent fabric over a wooden frame.
You can also order canvas for your sliding partition from a furniture workshop. In this case, their cost will be higher than if made independently, but the appearance, in most cases, will be more stylish. Most often, sliding partitions with transparent or translucent filling of the canvases are made to order. This option allows you to highlight a zone in the room, only slightly reducing the degree of natural light.
Advantages of mobile structures
Mobile partitions also have certain advantages. In modern offices these structures are used quite often. They do not require special installation. The partitions are not fixed to the ceiling or floor; they can be moved if necessary. Designs can include any number of sections. The advantages of mobile office partition screens include:
- ease of installation and dismantling, transfer;
- ideal compliance with the specifics of open space;
- possibility of implementing any layout;
- rational use of space;
- decent aesthetic indicators;
- low cost.
Mobile partitions will help implement any layout
The disadvantages of such structures include sound permeability. But this is the optimal solution for equipping an office in a rented space. If further expansion is planned, the company is at the initial stage of formation, such partitions are an excellent option. They are not only easy to install and dismantle, but also convenient to transport.
Mobile partitions are easy to install and disassemble
There is no need to choose between mobile and stationary partitions. Most often in modern offices a combination of systems is used. Stationary structures can delimit departments, a meeting room, and a recreation area. The internal space is divided by mobile systems.
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Options for opening partitions
Glass partition book
Partition with top rail
Zoning partition
Advantages of zoning with stationary structures
Most managers of reputable companies give preference to stationary partitions when equipping offices. These structures consist of a frame and filling, mounted to the floor, walls or ceiling. Unlike main walls, if necessary, they can be moved to another location.
The use of stationary partitions for zoning in the office provides several advantages. These designs:
- they look solid and are an excellent alternative to walls;
- have a high level of sound insulation and provide comfortable working conditions;
- allow you to choose the optimal installation method;
- provide the opportunity to create an optimal layout;
- easy and quick to install.
Stationary partitions for zoning in the office
Various materials are used in the manufacture of stationary partitions. It is possible to take into account financial capabilities and choose designs that correspond to the status and position of the company. A wide range of colors and a variety of textures allows you to accurately select partitions for the implementation of a specific design project, ensuring harmony and compliance with modern standards.
Manufacturing process
Marking
On the prepared sheet material, several panels are marked at once, which will be used as sashes. These lamellas can be the same or different in size.
After the panels are prepared (when working with wood, you still need to cut out the end edges), the blanks are cleaned, and a plastic edge is attached to their end with glue. High-quality clamping and reliable fixation can be ensured with a roller. It takes at least 12 hours for the glue to dry.
Markings for fittings (carriages, hinges, locks, handles). Installation of sashes on the end panel, one is attached to the top, the second goes to the bottom. First, at the marking stage, you should take care of the holes, the depth of which should be less than the length of the axle. The fastening of the axes, the position of the upper and lower bars must be completely symmetrical relative to each other.
Preparing holes for the roller runner, they are made in the upper end side of the panel.
Loop marking
Next, installing an accordion door with your own hands involves horizontal installation of the panels, in the sequence in which they need to be connected. The adjacent sashes are connected by three hinge mechanisms. In the horizontal plane, single-level loops should be located at the same level. If this condition is not met, there is a risk of displacement and deformation of the interior door leaves. After carefully checking the markings, three hinges must be placed on the first sash.
Between correctly connected panels, when the door is open, the distance between the leaves is 3 mm.
Guides. We take into account important nuances when installing them
Guide rail
Decide on the location where the guides for the sliding partition will be mounted. If you choose a rail structure, make sure that the floor is strong and strictly horizontal. A suspended or, as it is also called, threshold-free partition is a good solution, but the mounting location above the opening must be very reliable. It is best for it to be a concrete floor or a wooden beam.
It is worth noting that the hanging guide cannot be secured to a suspended ceiling. This is due to the fact that the latter is not intended for this purpose and, accordingly, does not have the required strength. In this case, you need to install a strong additional metal beam. Well, or forget about installing a suspended partition and opt for the slatted option.
Accordion door - what is it?
This is a folding door consisting of a large number of narrow sections connected by hinges or hinges. Such a door is usually installed in wide (from 1 to 1.5 m) doorways. When the door is opened, its individual elements follow a guide, which is most often fixed at the top and, like the bellows of an accordion, are folded against the wall.
Accordion doors fit well into almost any interior, as they take up little space. They are easy to choose for any opening. When folded they are almost invisible.
Necessary equipment
For work they use ordinary tools. The basic set includes:
- Level.
- Jigsaw.
- Hammer.
- Plumb.
- Beam size 25x40 mm.
- Construction pencil.
- Dowels, screws, anchor bolts.
- Rasp.
- Roulette.
- Kant.
- Plywood.
- Finish coating.
Attention! All frame connections of wooden beams are reinforced with steel angles. You can buy it at a hardware store.
Depending on the operating conditions, the internal compartment of the partition can be filled with high quality insulation. Its quantity is calculated in order to ultimately subtract the total area of the edges of the beam from the total area of the structure.
Plywood marking
To construct the partition, a frame is created from a metal profile. The price of the sheet depends on the thickness of the veneer. Manufacturers label their products. The grade of material is indicated by Roman numerals, where I indicates that the canvas is free of defects, and IV allows for many knots and wormholes. When choosing a material, remember that delamination is unacceptable for any grade.
Important! If the master decides to make the partition himself, when purchasing sheets, you should take into account the final coating: varnish, wallpaper, plaster, paint.
Zoning design in a classic style
Why drywall?
Typically, the designs of plasterboard walls, regardless of where and for what purposes they are used, are similar. Inside there is the main part - a metal frame . Sometimes it is made of wood, but this design is outdated and almost never used.
The only acceptable wooden part is a beam, which is placed at the point where the doorway is planned.
In addition to the frame and insulation, the design uses, as the name suggests, plasterboard sheets. They cover the frame. It's convenient, environmentally friendly, and inexpensive. Also, the material is immediately ready for the final stage of finishing .
The advantages of such partitions
- Properties of the materials used. Metal profiles, which are used to create frames of any shape and purpose, are excellent for mounting gypsum boards on it .
- Easy to install and doesn't take much time.
- Communications can be laid in the partition cavity : electricity, pipelines, sewerage.
- Low cost.
Galvanized metal does not react to humidity, due to its low weight, it does not in any way affect the load-bearing floors. There are also different types of drywall: fireproof, with increased moisture resistance.
Minuses
- Drywall is a rather fragile material and in terms of strength cannot be compared with materials for capital works, such as brick or concrete.
- Low moisture resistance. This property must be taken into account even when purchasing special gypsum boards with a special coating.
- Lack of possibility of fastening massive furniture or other interior elements. It is believed that if mounted on a frame, a linear meter of the structure will support no more than 70 kg. The plasterboard sheet itself will not support a weight exceeding 15 kg.
Find out more about the types of plasterboard sheets for walls and partitions by following the link.
Materials you will need
The free space inside the structure can be filled not only with communications, but also with an insulator. It is used as insulation and to improve sound insulation. Most often they take mineral wool .
To build a partition, the master will need the following tools :
- Hammer.
- Bulgarian saw.
- Level. Using a laser level will speed up and make the process easier.
- Scissors designed for cutting metal.
- Screwdriver.
- Roulette. Suitable for measuring short distances of 5-10 m.
- Construction pencil or special marker.
- Construction knife.
Here are the materials you will need to purchase at a hardware store:
- Plasterboard sheets.
- Insulation material. Here we need to start from its purpose.
- Metal profile.
- Polyurethane foam.
- Self-tapping screws.
- Dowels.
- Serpyanka mesh tape.
It is recommended to choose sheets with either normal or high humidity levels (GKLO).
During the installation process, two types of profiles will be used - guide and rack . The guide is intended for fastening to the floor and ceiling, and the rack-mount is intended for mounting like columns, vertically, at a distance of about half a meter.
Self-tapping screws with a flat head are used . Structural elements from the profile are connected with metal screws.
IMPORTANT: The safety of the master comes first - do not forget about construction glasses and protective gloves.
